Government And Institutions

More than 60 South Koreans, including two former navy chiefs of staff, have been indicted in an investigation into alleged corruption associated with numerous defense procurement projects, prosecutors said Wednesday.

A federal appeals court on Tuesday upheld a ban on government contractors donating money to federal candidates or political parties, a prohibition that has been on the books for 70 years.

___ After vote win, Greek leaders face pressure to restart talks ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Despite triumphing in a popular vote against austerity, Greece's leaders Monday faced the urgent need to heal ties with European creditors and reach a financial rescue deal to prevent it from falling out of the euro — possibly within days.

The CEOs of government-backed mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are getting large raises, to about $4 million a year, as the government relaxes rules that were imposed on the companies after they suffered big losses and were bailed out.

The White House says it has no plans to bail out Puerto Rico from its debt crisis.

International economists released a critical report on Puerto Rico's economy Monday on the heels of the governor's warning that the island can't pay its $72 billion public debt.

Throughout the country, relief was the dominant emotion among consumers who get help from the government to lower their health insurance costs following Thursday's Supreme Court ruling upholding the subsidies underpinning President Barack Obama's health care overhaul.

Republicans in Minnesota viewed the Supreme Court ruling Thursday upholding nationwide tax subsidies for health insurance as an opening to shift from the state's own exchange to the federal marketplace.

South Dakota consumers who get subsidized health coverage through the federal insurance marketplace said Thursday they're relieved the U.S. Supreme Court upheld tax credits that help cover the premiums by thousands of dollars on average per year.

Gov. Asa Hutchinson urged caution Thursday on Arkansas' move toward setting up its own marketplace for people to buy health insurance after the nation's highest court upheld the subsidies offered through the federal exchange.

A government watchdog says the IRS is doing business with tax delinquent contractors despite a 2012 law that bars the tax agency from awarding contracts to these businesses.

Most Americans want the Supreme Court to side with the government when it decides whether the feds can continue subsidizing insurance premiums in all 50 states under President Barack Obama's health care law, according to polls in recent months.

The Supreme Court will decide whether the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs is complying with a law designed to increase the number of federal contracts awarded to small businesses owned by disabled veterans.

U.S. governors have taken or scheduled about 80 trips abroad since the start of 2014, generally focused on boosting exports or recruiting businesses to their states.

A nonpartisan government study says repealing President Barack Obama's signature health care law would modestly increase the budget deficit and the number of uninsured Americans would rise by more than 20 million.

A new nonpartisan government study says that repealing President Barack Obama's signature health care law would boost the economy even as it increases budget deficits.

The House is ready to vote to repeal two pieces of President Barack Obama's health care law, despite veto threats.

Analysts are citing several reasons behind Colt Defense's bankruptcy filing, including struggles to recover from the loss of military business, failure to capitalize on consumer interest in guns and problems in other markets.

Iowa's state government is hiring a company to track employees' medical absences at a cost of $32,000 per month.

The former chairman and CEO of insurer AIG says he still believes he's entitled to damages as a result of the government's 2008 bailout of the company, and will appeal a court's ruling against him.